Ambassador Programme
Programme Summary
Length: Up to 2 years long
Residential: Annual trip to Glen Etive
Theme: Transition from participant to volunteer
Develop:
- Business Understanding – Ability to understand everything a charity requires to operate
- Governance Understanding – Ability to understand how a charity is governed
- Volunteer Understanding – Ability to understand how to volunteer effectively
What our Ambassadors do
Our Ambassador group meets bi-weekly on Zoom to:
Check-in on our mental, physical & emotional health
Peer support
Updates on Venture Scotland
Discussions around current Ambassadors’ projects
Ambassador projects have included:
- Interviewing potential new staff and trustees
- Attend bi-monthly Board meetings to input into the strategic direction of the organisation
- Writing thank you letters to funders
- Inviting MP’s, MSP’s and local councillors to meet
- Inputting into consultations
- Helping delivery staff as trainee volunteers
- Helping advise and shape our core programme
- Helping advise and shape funding bids for new programmes
Ambassador Selection
Ambassadors need to have completed all 4 of Venture Scotland’s programmes and are invited 6 months after the end of Next Steps to go through a selection process.
Find out more about our current Ambassadors here!